Prenatal Alcohol Effects

More and more today, children are being affected by the disabilities that occur with prenatal alcohol exposure. Researchers today have been studying the long-term effects on children born of alcoholics and mothers who chose not to be abstinent while pregnant. Many trials and studies today are conducted to find the relationship between the amount of alcohol ingested and at what point during pregnancy it was imbibed. They are also conducting research on the connection between the child’s development who suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and their postnatal environment.
Studies have shown that income, race, and the mother’s drinking history all come into play when assessing the long-term effects of children with FAS. This is said because of the research showing how alcoholism is more common among lower class minorities. It is more common to affect the child later in life if he or she grows up in a lower income environment, because they are more likely to become or rema...